Dear Readers: Barring any unforeseen technical setbacks, the new Philahoops.com will debut on Friday. Philahoops.com may be unavailable for a period sometime Wednesday evening through Thursday evening due to the transition from the old site to the new site. Please be sure to check back on Friday for wall-to-wall coverage advancing the Saint Joseph’s-Villanova game, as […]

By AARON BRACY Philahoops Editor Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy Facebook: facebook.com/Philahoops For the first time in the history of the long, heated rivalry, Saint Joseph’s will host Villanova at the Hawks’ cozy campus site. Forever, the game known as the Holy War was played at the Palestra whenever it was St. Joe’s turn to host. And it […]

By AARON BRACY Philahoops Editor Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy Facebook: Facebook.com/Philahoops VILLANOVA 68, BOSTON UNIVERSITY 43 -Recap: Villanova overcame an awful first half when they shot 19 percent from the field and trailed by three points to defeat Boston University at the Wells Fargo Center Tuesday night. Dominic Cheek, in his first game off the bench this […]

By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Facebook: facebook.com/Philahoops DREXEL 71, NIAGARA 58 Chris Fouch was as cold as the Niagara winter in the first half but came on strong in the second, scoring 24 points as the Drexel Dragons beat the Niagara Purple Eagles. Fouch had just three points at halftime as the Dragons […]

Philahoops editor Aaron Bracy will be covering tonight’s Villanova-Boston University game live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Bracy will provide in-game coverage on Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy and postgame coverage here at Philahoops. Also, staff writer Josh Verlin will recap tonight’s Drexel-Niagara game here at Philahoops.

By AARON BRACY Philahoops Editor Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy Facebook: facebook.com/philahoops (NOTE: Philahoops editor Aaron Bracy will be covering Tuesday’s game from the Wells Fargo Center. Follow on Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy during game and check back to this site afterward for coverage.) Tuesday’s matchup against Boston University (7 p.m., Wells Fargo Center) is a classic look-ahead game for […]

-Tuesday coverage schedule: Philahoops editor Aaron Bracy will be at the Wells Fargo Center Tuesday night to provide live coverage of the Villanova-Boston game. Philahoops staff writer Josh Verlin will provide a recap of the Drexel-Niagara matchup. Check this site for coverage after the games, and follow on Twitter during the contests: @Aaron_Bracy & @jmverlin. […]

ABOUT ME

A lifelong Philadelphia college basketball fan and Saint Joseph's graduate, Aaron Bracy is the editor of philahoops.com. He is a freelance sportswriter based in the Philadelphia suburbs. Prior to his current career in teaching, Bracy worked for the Trenton Times, Courier-Post and The Trentonian as a sportswriter and editor. Follow me on Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy